Arthur Eagger

Arthur Eagger (14 March 1898-8 October 1994) was the senior medical officer of British airborne forces throughout World War II.

Biography
Arthur Eagger was born in north China on 14 March 1898 to a British family of Scottish ancestry, and he attended the University of Aberdeen before serving in the Highlanders of the British Army during World War I. He worked as a general practicioner in Cornwall and Exeter before serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and he served as assistant director of medical services in the British 1st Airborne Division from 1941 to 1944 and deputy director of medical services for the British I Airborne Corps from 1944 to 1945. He helped with organizing and training the medical units that took part in Operation Market Garden, and he convinced G-2 intelligence officer Brian Urquhart to go on sick leave due to his reservations about Market Garden. Eagger saved hundreds of lives by evacuating wounded soldiers, and he was involved in health services after the war. He died in 1994.